The Light Of Day

The Martin Chronicles is going to give healthy benefits-of-the-doubt to Jim Cahill, Rod Baehner, Amy Balson, Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour and Brian Wischer. We aren't sure we should. But we will. We will attribute the flurry of special meetings to an earnest desire to deal with what they perceive to be important matters in a timely fashion.

For those people who don't know-and that is probably almost everyone who lives in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills-Shorty and his newly minted council are convening yet another special meeting tonight. Again, we are going to more or less give five of the six council newbies a "pass". But we are also going to offer some unsolicited advice. Do with it what you will. It maters not to us.

What is our advice? Do everything you can to shine as much "light of day" as possible on every single piece of City business you tackle. Conduct as much business as you possibly can at your regular monthly meeting in front of the TBNK cameras. Not for "face time" or "grandstanding". Do it because you want to be as open and transparent as you possibly can.

Look, we get it. You could personally phone every home in your crappy City and provide a thirty minute, detailed update on what council is currently facing. Even still, many people would frustratingly moan that "the City never let's us know what's going on". [TRANSLATION: We are too lazy to put any effort in to staying informed. But we won't accept any responsibility for our lack of action. Much like our mediocre mayor, we will blame everyone else for our failure.]

Here is what people already know, and it's only January 7:

• They know that Martin, Koenig, Menninger-Isenhour and Wischer have already held multiple meetings to discuss The Almighty Spirit knows what. And some people are concerned.
• They know that Councilman Mary Koenig has a track record of sending pawns in to the City building at 2AM to "collect" documents the morning after City Council voted to investigate her hand-picked choice for mayor. And some people are concerned.
• They know that Martin, Crescent Springs Mayor Jim Collett, bilious blowhard County Boss Steve Arlinghaus and others have met at least once at the Crescent Springs City Building to discuss consolidation of City services with Kenton Kounty. And some people are concerned.
• They know that Martin has been going around the City Attorney to seek legal advice from several other attorneys-at the taxpayer's expense-and again, only The Almighty Spirit knows why. And some people are concerned.
• They know that you held a very poorly publicized "SPECIAL MEETING" on January 2. Not surprisingly, the meeting notice was given typical, shoddy-at-best mishandling by Shorty. And some people are concerned.
• They are just now beginning to learn that there is yet another "SPECIAL MEETING" tonight. It may very well be for the best possible of reasons. And yet, some people are concerned.

You know what happens to everyone who has had to deal with the miscreant Martin. You will soon learn what happens to everyone who has had to deal with the vile Councilman Koenig. After twelve years in exile in her miserable swamp, Koenig is B-A-C-K. And that ancient crocodile still has several scores to settle.

We'll tell you one last time. You have one chance. It's called the light of day.